Little Sigmund is now not as little (he’s grown a bit!). Now his mother shows him sock puppets, to his continued enjoyment. She then moves them behind a curtain, and little Sigmund starts to cry, asking her to bring the puppets back. He’s overjoyed when she brings them out again to play. His mother then leaves to get something in the kitchen, and he starts to cry in protest. Which of the following operations has Sigmund developed? Conservation Object permanence Separation anxiety More than one of the above

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Little Sigmund is now not as little (he’s grown a bit!). Now his mother shows him sock puppets, to his continued enjoyment. She then moves them behind a curtain, and little Sigmund starts to cry, asking her to bring the puppets back. He’s overjoyed when she brings them out again to play. His mother then leaves to get something in the kitchen, and he starts to cry in protest.

Which of the following operations has Sigmund developed?

  1. Conservation
  2. Object permanence
  3. Separation anxiety
  4. More than one of the above
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Jean Piaget, a psychologist and a genetic epistemologist, was keen on understanding the intellectual development of children. This interest led him to investigate the cognitive processes of children and gave birth to the theory of cognitive development. The theory is divided into 4 stages - The sensorimotor stage, the preoperational stage, the concrete operational stage and the formal operational stage. 

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